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CYRILLE PAR/E, OF LEICESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

WINDOW-SHADE FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 26, 1907. Serial No.

Patented Aug. 29, 1911. 380,885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CYRILLE PARn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Leicester, in the county of IVorcester, State ofMassachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inWindow-Shade Fixtures, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to fixtures for window shades but moreparticularly to those which may be adjusted to fit different sizes ofwindows.

The form found in general use at present consists of two brackets, onehaving a socket and the other a slot, to contain the ends of the shaderod. These brackets are screwed to the window frame, one being on eachside of the window. Another form consists of sockets attached to cordsrunning over pulleys fastened to the frame of the window. These have thedisadvantage that they cannot be used on different sizes of windows normoved from one window to another without detaching the fixtures whichare usually fastened to the frame with screws or other permanent means.Adjustable curtain rods have been previously used and rods provided witha spring pressed rubber tip but none of these have carried a shadebracket.

The present invention consists of brackets to support a shade rod, whichmay be adjusted to fit different sizes of windows, be readily moved fromone window to another or placed at any height in a window. It may alsobe adjusted for different sizes of shade rods.

Another feature consists in the method of controlling the adjustingmeans of the bracket for easyinsertion in the window.

It is often advantageous to be able to shut out the light at the bottomof the window but to allow it to enter at the top and this would beimpossible with the shade fixture in use at present but this inventionwould allow the rod to be set at any height desired.

The brackets may easily be reversed, thus allowing the shade to behoisted from the bottom rather than pulled down from the to Thepreferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in which Figure 1 is a front view of the invention in placewith a portion of the shade removed. Fig. 2 is a plan view with aportlon of the rod, to be hereinafter described, removed. Fig. 3 is abottom view showing portions of the rod removed.

In the drawings ;1 is the window; 2, 2, the sides of the window frame;3, the rod upon which the brackets 4,4, to be described hereinafter, areplaced; 5, the shade which is supported by said brackets in the sockets6 and 7 8, 8, the sliding portions of the rod 3; 9, 9, the rubber tipson the ends of the sliding portions 8, 8 respectively.

The rod 3 should preferably be hollow so that the portions 8, 8 mayslide within. Each of these portions are provided with a spring 10 andthese springs are preferably prevented from telescoping by the block 11fastened at about the center of the rod 3 by the pin 12. These portions8, 8 are provided with shoulders 13 to press against the spring 10 asmay be seen in Fig. 3.

The brackets 4, 4 preferably consist of a collar 14 having an arm 15 towhich is movably attached a bar 16 having an outwardly extending arm 17to contain the sockets 6 and 7 in which the shade rod 18 revolves. Thesesockets are preferably round and rectangular respectively to conform tothe contour of the tips on the shade rods, that being the form of rod ingeneral use at present. The slots 19, 19 contain the small bolts 20, 20on which are the nuts 21, 21 and it is by means of these that the bars16, 16 may slide and thus allow the brackets to be extended. The collar14 is provided with a screw 22 which causes it to grip tightly the rod3.

In the sliding portion 8 is set a pin 23, passing through the slot 24 inrod 3. To this slot 24 is joined a slot 25 which is at a right angle toit approximately. The function and operation of these parts will be morefully described hereafter.

The socket 7 may be open at the top but it is thought to be advisable tohave it closed as shown in the drawing.

The method of use of the device is as follows :One end of the shade rodis set in the socket 6, the nuts 20 loosened, the bar 16 extended toallow the socket 7 to be placed over the end of the shade rod 18 andthen compressed till the shade is properly held, and the nut 20tightened. The shade is now ready for placing between the window frames.To accomplish this easily,

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press the pin 23 in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 3 until it hasadvanced as far as it can go and then turn it into the slot 25. Thisprocess compresses the spring 10 and shortens the rod 3 to the lengthshown by the dotted position of the portion 8 in Fig. 1. The rod Willstay thus compressed until the operator removes the pin from the slot25. The rod in this compressed condition is placed between the Windowframes at the desired height for the shade and the pin 23 released. Therod now assumes the position in Fig. 1 and the shade is supported by thespring pressed rubber tips gripping the frame.

One advantage of having the socket 7 closed is that the rod may beturned end for end and the shade placed at the bottom of the Window in aposition to be hoisted instead of pulled down. 'This could not be donewith the ordinary fixtures as there Would be no Way of extending them toinsert the shade rod as found in the present invention.

It should be understood that the invention is not limited to this formof rod or bracket or method of operation.

l/Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent isA Window shade fixture, comprising an extensible rod composed of a fixedsection having spring-controlled movable sections upon each end,brackets niovably carried by said fixed section having longitudinallyadjustable parts to engage a shade roller and means for fasteningfsaidbrackets to said fixed section.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

V CYRILLE FARE.

Witnesses 2 HARTLEY H. BARTLETT, PENELOPE CouBERBAoH. Y

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

